KS4 · Spanish · Year 11
Internet: 'interesar'-type verbs, pronouns after prepositions
Media and technology: Internet y yo
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I can use 'interesar'-type verbs and pronouns after prepositions to talk about the internet.
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I can use 'interesar'-type verbs and pronouns after prepositions to talk about the internet.
Key learning points
- 'Interesar'-type verbs express likes, emotions, interests - they work differently to normal Spanish verbs.
- Instead of saying 'I am interested in something', we say 'something interests me' - 'me interesan estas aplicaciones.'
- 'Interesar'-type verbs agree with the subject, the ‘interesting thing(s)’; indirect object ‘me’ shows who is interested.
- Emphatic pronouns are used after prepositions such as 'a', 'para' 'sin', 'sobre', 'con'.
- When used after 'a' before an 'interesar'-type verb, emphatic pronouns emphasise the person affected by the verb.
Words to know
- 'interesar'-type verbs
- group of verbs which require the use of an indirect object pronoun
- indirect object pronoun
- refers to a person or thing that is indirectly affected by the verb, e.g. 'to me', 'to her', 'to them', etc.
- preposition
- a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
- emphatic pronoun
- used to emphasise a person or after certain prepositions
Common mistakes
Indirect object pronouns are the same as emphatic pronouns.
Indirect object pronouns refer to a person or thing indirectly affected by the verb and go before 'interesar'-type verbs, while emphatic pronouns are used for emphasis after prepositions.
For parents, carers and teachers
- English considers the word 'internet' to be a common noun now so we do not capitalise it. It is capitalised in Spanish and is often used without an article.